nopalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Spanish nopal, from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /noʊˈpɑl/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈnəʊpəl/

名詞

nopal (plural nopals or nopal)

1. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.
   • 1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter VII, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:

     They rode up through cholla and nopal, a dwarf forest of spined things, through a stone gap in the mountains and down among blooming artemisia and aloe.

   • 2010, Vincent Morelli, Roger Zoorob, Integrative Medicine in Primary Care, Part II, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 245:

     Nopal is a prickly pear native to arid areas of North and South America. […] Nopal is high in fiber, vitamins, protein, and mucilage.

同意語

• (cactus of genus Opuntia): prickly pear
• (edible pads of the cactus): nopales

アナグラム

• Plano, Polan, onlap, plano-